Saturday, December 25, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

I took a break from painting bedrooms to try my hand at editing this week's Fix it Friday photo from I Heart Faces. I had fun - and tried to remember what I used on my edits this time!

Here's the original shot:

Here's my first edit. It's my B&W version.

I used PW's Boost, then PW's B&W Beauty. I think there was another step in there - but I can't find my notes.

Here's the sepia version...

Same steps as above - then added PW's Sepia.

And finally...my favorite one.

I used PW's Boost, PW's Colorized, Everyday Elements Vermont, and then PSE's colorful center. Finally, I gave it a frame. I really like this one. I like how it's soft and there's a hint of color that highlight's her face.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010

I'm a little late with this one. but my monsters are each getting redecorated bedrooms for Christmas and I've been painting up a storm! I shouldn't have let them talk me into decorative paint jobs....

I only did one edit on this one. It's such a beautiful shot that I really wasn't sure how to improve it. And since I did the edit on Friday, I can't really remember what I did during the edit either. I do know that I used PW's Heartland. But I don't know what else I did. I've lost my short term memory since I had kids....

I cannot tell you how much I HATE having my picture taken. I took dozens of pictures. I hated every one of them. I have to admit that I took one while we were camping that wasn't too bad. Once I got home, I realized how dirty the mirror was. So couldn't use that one. I took this one while Christmas decorating.

I still hate it - and you can probably tell by the look on my face. <sigh>

Head on over to I Heart Faces to check out the other - very creative - self portraits.

Also linking it to the Happy Monday Challenge ~ with the same theme - over here...

I'm behind on my blog reading... if I could just shake this cold, life would be so much better. Staying home from work today so decided to play on the computer before taking my monsters to school. Anyway...I headed over to Allie Photography and discovered that my "Monday" shot last week was in the top 5! So...just had to add the button! :)

I have been bad about posting pictures from Matt's football games lately. I'm not sure why...

Maybe it's because this flag football through the Y is so - low key. I mean, the 4+ months that we spend during tackle football season is so very competitive. You drive home like a maniac with a time schedule. You drag yourself out to watch 2 hours of practice three times a week - sitting at practice STARVING because you made sure the kids had supper but you forgot to eat. You drag yourself to the game every weekend...arriving an hour early and *sweating* your bum off (this is Texas after all) for hours. You scream, yell, cheer and booo at the top of your lungs for at least two hours every single Saturday. Not to mention cheer practice twice a week and THOSE games (because it would be too much to ask to be able to cheer for your twin brother's team every week!). And then it's over and you breathe a huge sigh of relief because you are so sick and tired of football.

But THEN what do you do? All of the sudden, the weather is cold and you have all this extra time on your hands. You're bored. You're driving home like a normal (sane) human being. You eat dinner. You do house work. You look back on the life that you had for 4 months and miss it (because we Mothers are stupid sometimes). So you start looking around and realize that the Y has flag football ~ so you sign him up! Kid's thrilled ~ he loves to play after all. And the Y is only one practice a week and one game a week. So how hard can THAT be?

Love the look on Matt's face as he tries to catch the interception. ooof!

﻿And you sit at that first weekly game with your noise makers, your hats, whistles...whatever else it was that you dragged around for 4 months ... and you realize that you are the ONLY parent screaming and cheering. And you remember the "good old days" when your son/daughter/twins played T-ball through the Y and you remember.... THEY DON'T EVEN KEEP SCORE. So you sit there...take some pictures...and wait for the next "real" sport.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

About Me

Veronica

I had been thinking of starting a blog for a while and this is my first attempt. I’m Mom to girl-boy twins. I tend to refer to them as K and M. I never thought that kids would run my life. I don’t know if it’s TWINS per se, but these monsters – um, I mean wonderful children – don’t just run my life, they define my life. My kids stay active with football, baseball, cheerleading and gymnastics. Hubby and I have been married 18 years. (Wow – that means I’m getting really old.) We are what used to be a "normal" American family… house in the ‘burbs, 2 kids, dogs, cats, hamster, frogs, snakes, birds, mortgage and jobs. I have discovered a love of snapping pictures. I may not be great at it - but being behind the camera keeps me from being in front if it. Right?